Baker Mitchell and Paul Norcross resigned Wednesday. In May, Public Charter Schools Association Executive Director Eddie Goodall said the two should not have voted on a new charter school.

Mitchell heads charter schools in Leland and said in his resignation letter that those are his first priority. Norcross is co-founder of a High Point charter school and wrote it was no longer worth fighting attacks that detract from his work with his school.

On Thursday, the Senate approved Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger's recommendations to fill their unexpired terms. Phyllis Gibbs of Guilford County and Sherry Reeves of Pamlico County were chosen.